Immigrants And Culture

Immigrants are being disrespected by Americans by wanting them to assimilate to their culture and forget their original culture.Americans want immigrants to forget their traditions and celebrate the Americans’ culture. When immigrants come to America, they bring their cultures with them, which gives Americans the ability to assimilate cultures to shape their identity. Many Americans live in communities that share one culture, which will convince them to assimilate to that culture’s traditions. In the article titled, “ Blaxicans and Other Reinvented Americans” by Richard Rodriguez, states that “I am Chinese and that is because I live in a Chinese city and because I want to be Chinese” 91. This means that Rodriguez considered himself as Chinese because he lives in a Chinese city. Since Rodriguez lives in a Chinese city, this is why he wants to be Chinese due to the fact that he sees all of their traditions happening in his city. This proves that immigrants are helping Americans change cultures since they are living in neighborhoods celebrating their traditions …show more content…
In the article titled, “ American Identity Crisis? What’s an American’ Identity” by Paul Willis states that “ It happens to be cultural inputs that drive most arts, literature, music, and often media because the arts are reflected by the media…Imagine the American arts without jazz, Latino music, the big European inputs, etc. You’d wind up with a dishcloth pretending to be a culture.” This means that when immigrants bring their culture with them when they come to America it creates art in the country due to the fact that there are many traditions being celebrated in many different types of cultures. This shows that the cultures that immigrants are important and it creates art in America. Essentially, immigrants and their culture should be respected since both create powerful identities for the